"poor weather on 31 December 2006, the Edinburgh street party and concert had to be cancelled, as was the case with the 2003-2004 events. As they were unable to relay sections of these events during ""Hogmanay Live"", BBC Scotland instead broadcast the whole hour-long show from inside the Great Hall. Performers included new Scottish singing sensation Paolo Nutini, folk-musician Karine Polwart and again Phil Cunningham and Aly Bain. The 2007 ""Hogmanay Live"" was broadcast live from BBC Scotland's new HQ at Pacific Quay by the River Clyde in Glasgow. Live music came from regulars Phil & Aly, along with other"
"Hogmanay Hogmanay (; ) is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. It is normally followed by further celebration on the morning of New Year's Day (1 January) or, in some cases, 2 January—a Scottish bank holiday. The origins of Hogmanay are unclear, but it may be derived from Norse and Gaelic observances. Customs vary throughout Scotland, and usually include gift-giving and visiting the homes of friends and neighbours, with special attention given to the first-foot, the first guest of the"
"of the New Year. A roast dinner would be eaten to celebrate the festival. ""Handsel"" was a word for gift and hence ""Handsel Day"". In modern Scotland this practice has died out. Hogmanay Hogmanay (; ) is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year (Gregorian calendar) in the Scottish manner. It is normally followed by further celebration on the morning of New Year's Day (1 January) or, in some cases, 2 January—a Scottish bank holiday. The origins of Hogmanay are unclear, but it may be derived from"
"Edinburgh's Hogmanay Edinburgh's Hogmanay is the observance of Hogmanay—the Scottish celebration of the New Year—held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The annual Hogmanay celebration was originally an informal street party focused on the Tron Kirk in the High Street of the Old Town. Since 1993, it has been officially organised with the focus moved to Princes Street. In 1996, over 300,000 people attended, leading to ticketing of the main street party in later years up to a limit of 100,000 tickets. In 2003–04, most of the organised events were cancelled at short notice due to very high winds. Similarly, the 2006–07 celebrations"
"drink (as the gifts) are then given to the guests. This may go on throughout the early hours of the morning and well into the next day (although modern days see people visiting houses well into the middle of January). The first-foot is supposed to set the luck for the rest of the year. Traditionally, tall, dark-haired men are preferred as the first-foot. An example of a local Hogmanay custom is the fireball swinging that takes place in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, in northeast Scotland. This involves local people making up ""balls"" of chicken wire filled with old newspaper, sticks, rags, and"
"of ""Loony"" (short for ""lunatic"") and ""dook"", a Scots term meaning ""dip"" or ""bathe"". It is sponsored by porridge maker Stoats. It is a recently instituted event whereby people dive into the freezing waters of the Firth of Forth on New Year's Day, often in fancy dress. In recent years the event has attracted people from all over the world, including many people visiting Edinburgh to celebrate Hogmanay. A proposal to charge people to participate in this event was recently announced, the proceeds of which will benefit RNLI Queensferry. The event was conceived in 1986 as a joking suggestion by"
"in 1958. Conversely, 1 and 2 January are public holidays and Hogmanay still is associated with as much celebration as Christmas in Scotland. Most Scots still celebrate New Year's Day with a special dinner, usually steak pie. As in much of the world, the largest Scottish cities – Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen – hold all-night celebrations, as do Stirling and Inverness. The Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations are among the largest in the world. Celebrations in Edinburgh in 1996–97 were recognised by the ""Guinness Book of Records"" as the world's largest New Years party, with approximately 400,000 people in attendance. Numbers have"
"ritual. Each Hogmanay, on the stroke of midnight, a torchlight procession marches through the village. Traditionally the procession involves the twelve strongest men of the village carrying long, thick birch poles, to which burning tarred rags are attached, to each of the four corners of the village. The procession is usually accompanied by the village pipe band and villagers with floats and dressed in costume. After the procession the torches are thrown from the Dalginross Bridge into the River Earn. The precise origins of the ceremony are unclear. It is generally assumed to have pre-Christian Celtic or possibly Pictish roots"
"more traditional celebration in Scotland. This may have been a result of the Protestant Reformation after which Christmas was seen as ""too Papist"". There are many customs, both national and local, associated with Hogmanay. The most widespread national custom is the practice of first-footing, which starts immediately after midnight. This involves being the first person to cross the threshold of a friend or neighbour and often involves the giving of symbolic gifts such as salt (less common today), coal, shortbread, whisky, and black bun (a rich fruit cake), intended to bring different kinds of luck to the householder. Food and"
"are wide-ranging, from a ""festival of lights"" at the Scottish Maritime Museum & Harbourside, to a variety of Hogmanay events across Scotland. Scotland's Winter Festival Scotland’s Winter Festival is an annual, nationwide festival that takes place across the winter months of November, December and January. Three particular events are highlighted: St Andrews Day, Hogmanay and Burns night. Winter has always been an important time in the Scottish calendar, encompassing many cultural events and historical traditions, such as Halloween and Beltane - including the three national days of St Andrews Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night. Scotland's Winter Festival works these events"
"and to be intended to cleanse the village of evil spirits in advance of the new year (albeit the new year's commencing in January is a relatively modern convention). The use of the birch tree specifically may have significance as the first letter of the Celtic Ogham alphabet, and a symbol of new beginning. The spectacle attracts thousands of visitors from all around the world to the small highland village each Hogmanay. A countdown to midnight is usually held at Melville Square and after the processions people gather here again for traditional Scottish music and dancing. Drinking alcohol in the"
"Hogmanay Live Hogmanay Live is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Pacific Quay on Hogmanay (New Year's Eve). Regardless of location, the programme rings in the New Year with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One O'Clock Gun and the subsequent fireworks and celebrations in Edinburgh. The programme features a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with some past programming also featuring live coverage of parts of the Princes Street concert in Edinburgh, Its current presenter is Jackie Bird, Bird and Phil Cunningham often hosted together each year but since 2008"
"Scotland's Winter Festival Scotland’s Winter Festival is an annual, nationwide festival that takes place across the winter months of November, December and January. Three particular events are highlighted: St Andrews Day, Hogmanay and Burns night. Winter has always been an important time in the Scottish calendar, encompassing many cultural events and historical traditions, such as Halloween and Beltane - including the three national days of St Andrews Day, Hogmanay and Burns Night. Scotland's Winter Festival works these events into a winter long festival across Scotland. In 2017 the festival encompassed 23 events across 17 local authority areas. The events included"
"32nd of December, or the day before the New Year, is known as Hogswatchnight; The name is a pun on ""hogwash"", Hogmanay and Watch Night, and possibly on the ancient holiday of Samhain. Traditionally associated with pig-killing, to ensure there is enough food for the rest of the winter. Many Hogswatch traditions are parodies of those associated with Christmas, including a decorated oak tree in a pot, strings of paper sausages, and, of course, a visit by the Hogfather. Witches do not leave the house on Hogswatchnight more because of tradition than any practical reasons. The witch Nanny Ogg gets"
"in Edinburgh were cancelled on the day, again due to high winds and heavy rain. ""Hogmanay"" is the Scots word for New Year's Eve. In Scotland, New Year's (""Hogmanay"") is celebrated with several different customs, such as First-Footing, which involves friends or family members going to each other's houses with a gift of whisky and sometimes a lump of coal. In Edinburgh, it now covers four days of processions, concerts and fireworks, with the street party beginning on Hogmanay. Alternative tickets are available for entrance into the Princes Street Gardens concert and Céilidh, where well-known artists perform and ticket holders"
"Repp furthermore makes a link between ""Trollalay/Trolla-laa"" and the rhyme recorded in ""Percy's Relics"": ""Trolle on away, trolle on awaye. Synge heave and howe rombelowe trolle on away"", which he reads as a straightforward invocation of troll-banning. The roots of Hogmanay perhaps reach back to the celebration of the winter solstice among the Norse, as well as incorporating customs from the Gaelic celebration of Samhain. The Vikings celebrated Yule, which later contributed to the Twelve Days of Christmas, or the ""Daft Days"" as they were sometimes called in Scotland. Christmas was not celebrated as a festival and Hogmanay was the"
"of Hogmanay celebrations in Inverness amid concerns over public safety. New Year celebrations in other parts of Scotland went ahead as planned. North-east Scotland experienced fresh snowfall during the afternoon and evening of 31 December. For a second time that week Inverness Airport was closed forcing several hundred passengers to make alternative arrangements. In Batley, West Yorkshire of water leaked into the local gas network, leaving 400 homes in Dewsbury and Batley without gas during sub-zero temperatures. The final homes were reconnected on 7 January. December 31 to January 5 saw heavy flooding in southern Spain and heavy snow in"
"Castle, whilst Craig Hill was in Inverness for the Highland Hogmanay celebrations. Hogmanay Live Hogmanay Live is BBC Scotland's annual live event programme broadcast from either Edinburgh Castle's Great Hall or BBC Pacific Quay on Hogmanay (New Year's Eve). Regardless of location, the programme rings in the New Year with the firing of Edinburgh Castle's One O'Clock Gun and the subsequent fireworks and celebrations in Edinburgh. The programme features a mixture of Scottish contemporary and folk music, with some past programming also featuring live coverage of parts of the Princes Street concert in Edinburgh, Its current presenter is Jackie Bird,"
"recorded in 1898, and may have been a result of Robert Louis Stevenson referring to the cake as ""a black substance inimical to life"". The cake is now commonly used as a Hogmanay custom, where people visit their neighbours after midnight to celebrate the New Year. This was called first-foot, and the gift of a black bun was meant to symbolise that the receiving family would not go hungry during the forthcoming year. It was also used a traditional cake to serve to those visiting homes as part of Hogmanay, to be consumed with whisky. Black bun Black bun is"
"festivals which are celebrated in various regions around the world. The festival of Yule is observed during Christmas celebrations whereby a log is burnt to commemorate the winter solstice. The festival of Hogmanay is celebrated on new year’s day. The fire festival of Stonehaven in Scotland is the direct descendant of lighting winter solstice bonfires. Another event is observed every 11 January when the flaming Clavie (a barrel full of staves) is carried round in Burghead and is wedged on the Doorie Hill. When it is burnt out, people take the smouldering embers to bring good luck for the coming"
"Hobiyee Hobiyee, also spelled Hoobiyee, Hobiyee, Hobiiyee and Hoobiiyee, is the Nisg̱a'a new year celebrated every February / March. It signifies the emergence of the first crescent moon and begins the month Buxw-laḵs. Celebrations of Hobiyee are done by Nisg̱a'a wherever they are located, but the largest celebrations are in Nisg̱a'a itself and in areas with a large Nisg̱a'a presence like Vancouver. Hobiyee comes from the phrase """"Hobixis hee!"""" meaning the ""moon is in the shape of the ""hoobix""."" The ""hoobix"" is the bowl of the Nisg̱a'a wooden spoon. Hobiyee thus signifies the potential for an abundant harvest (or filled"
"and give the modern Manx form as ""Hob dy naa"". Manx dictionaries though give ""Hop-tu-Naa"" (), generally glossing it as ""Hallowe'en"", same as many of the more Manx-specific folklore collections. In this context it is also recorded that in the south of Scotland (for example Roxburghshire), there is no , the word thus being ""Hunganay"", which could suggest the is intrusive. Another theory occasionally encountered is a derivation from the phrase ""thog mi an èigh/eugh"" (, ""I raised the cry""), which resembles ""Hogmanay"" in pronunciation and was part of the rhymes traditionally recited at New Year but it is unclear"
"celebrate Hogmanay with the ""saining"" (Scots for 'protecting, blessing') of the household and livestock. Early on New Year's morning, householders drink and then sprinkle 'magic water' from 'a dead and living ford' around the house (a 'dead and living ford' refers to a river ford that is routinely crossed by both the living and the dead). After the sprinkling of the water in every room, on the beds and all the inhabitants, the house is sealed up tight and branches of juniper are set on fire and carried throughout the house and byre. The juniper smoke is allowed to thoroughly"
"sain the goblet that was passed around at New Year's celebrations. An old Hogmanay (New Year's) custom in the Highlands of Scotland, which has survived to a small extent and seen some degree of revival, is to celebrate Hogmanay with the saining of the household and livestock. Early on New Year's morning, householders drink and then sprinkle 'magic water' from 'a dead and living ford' around the house (a 'dead and living ford' refers to a river ford that is routinely crossed by both the living and the dead). After the sprinkling of the water in every room, on the"
"is a perfect example of this as it has been altered from an adult's and dates to 1943. The family are welcoming guests to afternoon tea - wartime food rationing would make the home-made scones, jam and cake on offer a very special treat."""" In the library, one can observe a scene which plays on 31 December 1952. """"It is 31 December 1952 and the family have been invited to the annual Hogmanay Ball by the Dumfries Chamber of Commerce at the Assembly Rooms. Father, mother and daughter are just gathering their bags, gloves and coats. On display are lovely"
"and many more were injured. At the day's end, races were held, with prizes given to the townspeople. Lughnasadh or Lammas is also the name used for one of the eight sabbats in the Neopagan Wheel of the Year. It is the first of the three autumn harvest festivals, the other two being the autumn equinox (also called Mabon) and Samhain. In the Northern Hemisphere it takes place around 1 August, while in the Southern Hemisphere it is celebrated around 1 February. Lammas is one of the Scottish quarter days. ""Lammas leaves"" or ""Lammas growth"" refers to a second crop"
"fumigate the buildings until it causes sneezing and coughing among the inhabitants. Then all the doors and windows are flung open to let in the cold, fresh air of the new year. The woman of the house then administers 'a restorative' from the whisky bottle, and the household sits down to its New Year breakfast. The Hogmanay custom of singing ""Auld Lang Syne"" has become common in many countries. ""Auld Lang Syne"" is a Scots poem by Robert Burns, based on traditional and other earlier sources. It is now common to sing this in a circle of linked arms that"
"to the goddess Eostre, and the later Christian festival of Easter took its name from this month and its goddess. The month of September was known as ""Halegmonath"", meaning ""Holy Month"", which may indicate that it had special religious significance. The month of November was known as ""Blod-Monath"", meaning ""Blood Month"", and was commemorated with animal sacrifice, both in offering to the gods, and probably also to gather a source of food to be stored over the winter. Remarking on Bede's account of the Anglo-Saxon year, the historian Brian Branston noted that they ""show us a people who of necessity"
"BBC Scotland on Hogmanay have been ""Hogmanay Live"" and Jonathan Watson's football-themed sketch comedy show, ""Only an Excuse?"". The 1693 ""Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence"" contained one of the first mentions of the holiday in official church records. Hogmanay was treated with general disapproval. Still, in Scotland Hogmanay and New Year's Day are as important as Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Although Christmas Day held its normal religious nature in Scotland amongst its Catholic and Episcopalian communities, the Presbyterian national church, the Church of Scotland, discouraged the celebration of Christmas for nearly 400 years; it only became a public holiday in Scotland"
"– a Presbyterian church – for various reasons never placed much emphasis on the Christmas festival. Christmas Day only became a public holiday in 1958, and Boxing Day in 1974. The New Year's Eve festivity, Hogmanay, was by far the largest celebration in Scotland. The gift-giving, public holidays and feasting associated with mid-winter were traditionally held between 11 December and 6 January. However, since the 1980s, the fading of the Church's influence and the increased influences from the rest of the UK and elsewhere, Christmas and its related festivities are now nearly on a par with Hogmanay and ""Ne'erday"". Edinburgh,"
"translations from the Gaelic, but flowery adaptations made to suit the aesthetic expectations of his audience. Robert Burns was highly influenced by the Ossian cycle. Burns, an Ayrshire poet and lyricist, is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and a major figure in the Romantic movement. As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from across Scotland, often revising or adapting them. His poem (and song) ""Auld Lang Syne"" is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and ""Scots Wha Hae"" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of"
"falls in much of India in the traditional month of Chaitra in the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which overlaps with March and April. However, in parts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Hanuman Jayanthi is observed in the regional Hindu month of Margazhi, which overlaps with December and January. The festive day is observed with devotees gathering at Hanuman temples before sunrise, and day long spiritual recitations and story reading about the victory of good over evil. Hanuman is a revered heroic figure in Khmer history in southeast Asia. He features predominantly in the Reamker, a Cambodian epic poem, based on the"
"study the moon in Buxw-laḵs to determine when the harvest would begin in Ḵ'alii-Aksim Lisims. Grandfathers would keep an eye on the moon, and upon seeing the hoobiyee moon, they would run into the village yelling, ""Hobiyee! Hobiyee!"" followed by children raising their arms in the shape of the hobiyee moon. The 2017 date of the observance is February 14–15. Nisga'a Hobiyee Hobiyee, also spelled Hoobiyee, Hobiyee, Hobiiyee and Hoobiiyee, is the Nisg̱a'a new year celebrated every February / March. It signifies the emergence of the first crescent moon and begins the month Buxw-laḵs. Celebrations of Hobiyee are done by"